Changes: Julian Bashir, Secret Agent

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Julian Bashir, Secret Agent was a series of holonovels created by holoprogrammer Felix and starring Julian Bashir as the main character. It was set in the 1960s during the Cold War and featured exotic locales such as Paris and Kowloon. Elim Garak thought it was a farcical version of real-life intelligence operations, but the crew of Deep Space 9 found it diverting. (DS9: "Our Man Bashir")

The plots were often elaborate and barely believable. Every plot involved two women, one of whom was meant to die with the other ending up in love with Bashir, although the choice depended on how the program played out. (DS9: "Our Man Bashir")

One story involved an insane genius, Hippocrates Noah, who believed civilization had become so corrupt as to necessitate a change. Noah's plan was to flood the planet, save for his mansion in the Himalayas. This story of the program was running when the computer stored the transporter patterns in Quark's holosuites. Consequently, the images of the senior staff were imposed over the existing character appearances. Bashir managed to save his colleagues, ironically by carrying out Dr. Noah's plan. (DS9: "Our Man Bashir")

It is implied that Vic Fontaine used the image of Kira Nerys as Anastasia Komananov as a template to later create Lola Chrystal. (DS9: "His Way")

Even after this incident, the program became popular with the DS9 crew. Miles O'Brien stepped into the role of Falcon, this time willingly.

Felix designed another program in which Lady Wantsomore "a beautiful socialite" who would be brainwashed to assassinate the Queen of England. This time, Bashir has the help of Nigel Dunlap, a agent who comes out of retirement to assist him in stopping the assassination. Falcon also makes an appearance in this program. Jadzia Dax was to play Lady Wantsomore and Miles O'Brien was to be Falcon - yet again. O'Brien had become "tired of being the bad guy". Bashir had wanted Odo to play Dunlap, but the Changeling was not interested, despite the fact that he would have been able to "steal" Falcon's girlfriend. (DS9: "A Simple Investigation")

Another story took place in West Berlin, where three MI5 agents had been killed in a suspected Soviet plot, but with several American-intercepted messages routed through Istanbul to an island in the South Pacific suggesting otherwise. Bashir and O'Brien were supposed to play this program, but O'Brien convinced Bashir to play Tongo instead. (DS9: "Change of Heart")

In 2375, Leeta said she thought the program was "ridiculous". (DS9: "It's Only a Paper Moon")

Characters

Background Information

Shoe pen gun sketch — Sketch for the "Shoe-gun"

Prop master Joe Longo lists some props from this episode as some of his favorites from the series. He worked with art designer John Eaves to figure out how to make a hidden gun-gizmo "like Maxwell Smart's."

Julian Bashir, Secret Agent is likely a customizable title, i.e. "Julian Bashir" is the title because it is Dr. Bashir's program and it would thus be named differently if owned by someone else. The holonovel was a homage to James Bond, with numerous in-jokes and references embedded in "Our Man Bashir" and occasionally other episodes.

The program is also featured at the beginning of the non-canon novel Hollow Men.

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 One story involved an insane genius, [[Hippocrates Noah]], who believed civilization had become so corrupt as to necessitate a change. Noah's plan was to flood the [[planet]], save for his mansion in the [[Himalayas]]. This story of the program was running when the [[computer]] stored the [[transporter pattern]]s in [[Quark]]'s [[holosuite]]s. Consequently, the images of the [[senior staff]] were imposed over the existing character appearances. Bashir managed to save his colleagues, ironically by carrying out Dr. Noah's plan. ([[DS9]]: "[[Our Man Bashir]]")
+:''It is implied that [[Vic Fontaine]] used the image of [[Kira Nerys]] as [[Anastasia Komananov]] as a template to later create [[Lola Chrystal]]. ([[DS9]]: "[[His Way]]")''
 Even after this incident, the program became popular with the DS9 crew. [[Miles O'Brien]] stepped into the role of [[Falcon]], this time willingly.
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 Another story took place in [[West Berlin]], where three [[MI5]] agents had been killed in a suspected [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] plot, but with several [[United States|American]]-intercepted messages routed through [[Istanbul]] to an [[island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean|South Pacific]] suggesting otherwise. Bashir and O'Brien were supposed to play this program, but O'Brien convinced Bashir to play [[Tongo]] instead. ([[DS9]]: "[[Change of Heart]]")
-Bashir would later base a real character (with a [[Russian]] accent) on [[Kira Nerys]]. [[Vic Fontaine]] used that character as a template to create [[Lola Chrystal]]. ([[DS9]]: "[[His Way]]")
 In [[2375]], [[Leeta]] said she thought the program was "ridiculous". ([[DS9]]: "[[It's Only a Paper Moon]]")